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(No Model.)

G. J. SANKER.

, BAG HOLDER. No. 293,279. x Patented Feb. 12, 1884.

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- I UNITED STATES PATENT 'GFFICE.

CURTIS J. SANKER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO LEWIS D. BONNER &(30., OF SAME PLACE.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFI GATION -fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 293,279, datedFebruary 12,. 1884.

Application filed July 21, 1883. (No model.)

lb aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GURrIs J SANKER, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and a usefulImprovements in Bag-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled-in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same. My invention relates to improvements in bag-holders; and itconsists in certain features of construction, and incombination of partshereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim. p

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, strong, and cheapbag-holder, so cheap that every farmer may own one, and of suchconstruction that it may be operated under the various conditionsincident to a farmers usage and requirements.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved bag-holderwith the arms distended; Fig.2 is a front elevation of the top part ofthe bag-holder, but with the arms drawn toward each other, and in theposition to engage a bag.

A is a cross-piece adjustably and detachably attached-to the standard B,that is preferably hinged, in the manner shown, to the base G. The base,therefore, may be folded against the standard, and the entire devicereduced to a small compass. The part A is provided with a vertical slot,through which the bolt a, or, preferably, a thumb screw, passes, thatattaches the cross-piece to a support, B, and by means of the slot thedevice may be adjusted vertically. To the part A are secured thehalf-bearings m, in which are journaled the arms D D, whereby the lattermay be freely 4 moved toward andfrom each other., To the' arms D D aresecured the coilsprings 0, the latter being arranged to force the armsapart.

These arms terminate in the curved jaws d and v (1, made right and lefthanded, and serrated'on 5 their outer edges, as shown in Fig. 2; The

end of the bag is turned or folded over the upper edges of the jaws,thus engaging the teeth on their outsides, while the main portion of thebag is on their insides, or between the jaws. (See dotted lines, Fig.2.) The weight of the bag drawing over the upper inner corner of thejaws very much reduces the resistance that is required of the teeth;also, the bag drawing over. the said'upper inner corner draws theoverlapping mouth-edge of the bag onto or against the teeth, so thattheir bite is firmer; and the bag containing a heavy weight may besuspended and held in the manner shown without the aid of any springs toforce the jaws apart. In fact, the greater the weight in the bag, thefirmer would be the hold of the teeth, provided the strength of the bagwere sufficient.

As in some cases grain is thrashed out-0t doors, where there is no flooror suitable surface to set the bag-holder upon, while in othercases thebase or standard of the struct' ure would be seriously in the way, thecross piece A may be removed from its standard and secured to anythingconvenient and suffi- 7o ciently firm, such as the side of a barn orthrashing-machine, a tree, post, or a stake driven in the ground.

Where the bag-holder iscto be used near a a convenient support, theparts B and O, as stated, may be entirely omitted, thereby materiallyreducing the cost of the bag-holder.

What I claim is In a bag-holder, the combination, with the support A, ofthe bifurcated arms D D, jour- 8o naled in bearings secured to thesupport A,,

said arms being provided with-jaws d dand the coiled springs 0, forforcing the arms away from each other, substantially as set forth.

Intestimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 17th day of J uly, 1883.

CURTIS J. SANKER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT E. LYNCH", .OHAS H. Donne.

